Новости за 12.08.2016

OTISCO, N.Y. — Two men have been charged with stealing a brass plaque from a memorial honoring a New York doctor who was among the physicians dispatched to President Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed. Troopers say the plaque honoring Dr. Willis Webster Munson was placed on a stone monument dedicated in 1921 in the Onondaga County town

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he wanted his government to hold peace talks with the two largest Muslim rebel groups in the south at the same time and preferred to negotiate with rather than confront China on their territorial disputes. Despite his peace overtures, Duterte assured government troops on southern Jolo

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The latest on an appeals hearing for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Jerry Sandusky is making a forceful denial of the child molestation charges for which he’s been convicted and says it wasn’t his idea to waive his right to testify during his 2012

NEW YORK — Will Chase’s return to Broadway should be familiar — and it is. He’s playing a role in “Something Rotten!” that he had to let go — and then watch someone else win a Tony Award in it. Not that he’s annoyed. “Ten years ago, I might be bitter and jaded about it.

MINNEAPOLIS — A judge in Minnesota has given the administrator of Prince’s estate approval to sell some properties belonging to the late recording artist. Prince’s home and recording complex, Paisley Park, is not on the list of properties Bremer Trust wants to liquidate. Most of the properties, including homes, vacant lots and buildings, are in

HAMPTON, Va. — A Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his infant son. Police say 23-year-old Montreaz Berry of Hampton was arrested Thursday, more than six months after his son’s death. Authorities say Berry assaulted 5-month-old Chandler Berry at a Hampton home and then called police to report an unresponsive

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A new pilot has begun training with the Navy’s elite Blue Angels. The Pensacola News Journal reports (http://on.pnj.com/2aMowyp ) that Cmdr. Frank Weisser is practicing with the flight demonstration squadron during an extended break in their performance schedule. Navy Lt. Joe Hontz, a Blue Angels spokesman, says the team will fly in

HELENA, Okla. — The US Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake has stuck northwestern Oklahoma. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m., 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have been no reports of injury or damage. The USGS says the earthquake was widely felt

In this photo by Aijaz Rahi, soldiers and a young girl salute India’s flag during a ceremonial parade at the graduation ceremony for newly inducted army personnel in Bangalore, India. A total of 240 recruits were inducted Friday into the Indian army, which is the world’s third largest with more than 1.3 million active troops.

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Russia could break diplomatic ties with Ukraine over reported security incidents in Crimea, something it didn’t even do after annexing Crimea or throwing its support behind separatist rebels in the east. State news agencies on quoted Medvedev as saying that he wouldn’t like the ties to be

TOLEDO, Ohio — The mother of a 2-year-old boy who was found dead in a bedroom where the thermostat was set so high that the temperature reached 100-plus degrees has been sentenced to two years in prison. A Toledo judge sentenced 31-year-old Megan Giltz on Thursday. Giltz pleaded no contest in May to endangering children

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee’s archbishop says his guardian angel was working overtime when he had a severe allergic reaction to acetaminophen that could have been deadly. Archbishop Jerome Listecki tells WISN-TV (http://bit.ly/2aMqL4F ) that he took some cough medicine before heading to a meeting Monday and didn’t realize it contained the Tylenol ingredient acetaminophen. His face

ARNHEM, Netherlands — Gymnast Yuri van Gelder lost his legal battle Friday to rejoin the Dutch Olympic team in Rio in time to compete in the rings final on Monday. Judge Ronald Boonekamp shattered Van Gelder’s Olympic dream when he rejected his request for an injunction ordering the Netherlands Olympic Committee to reinstate the gymnast.

ANKARA, Turkey — The foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran agreed Friday to boost trade relations and pledged greater cooperation on resolving the Syria crisis despite their divergences on the issue. At a joint news conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his country’s support to Turkey over last month’s failed coup attempt by

WASHINGTON — US producer prices last month registered the biggest drop since September, pulled down by tumbling energy, clothing and food prices. The Labor Department said Friday that its producer price index, which measures cost pressures before they reach the consumer, slid 0.4 percent in July. It was the first decline since March and biggest

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s long-running political crisis took a new turn on Friday when key allies of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah threatened to withdraw their support for the government unless President Ashraf Ghani meets key demands just weeks before a U.S.-brokered power-sharing agreement between the two men is due to expire. The deal, negotiated by

WASHINGTON — A sluggish month of retail spending has tempered expectations for the U.S. economy’s growth in the coming months. Consumers pulled back on shopping and eating out in July after three straight solid monthly gains, the government said Friday. Those declines were offset by increases in auto sales and online and catalog sales. Many

WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales were unchanged in July from the previous month, a sign that consumers were cautious after three months of solid gains. Americans spent less at clothing shops, sporting goods stores and electronics and appliance outlets, the Commerce Department said Friday. Spending at grocery stores fell by the most in more than

OLDMANS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The New Jersey Turnpike is reuniting a New York boy with the teddy bear that he lost on a road trip to North Carolina. The 12-year-old’s mother, Julissa Viana, of New City, New York, tweeted that the bear was missing when the family reached the Outer Banks on Aug. 6. She

IRBIL, Iraq — The U.N. refugee agency says more than 100,000 people have been displaced as Iraqi forces clear territory ahead of the critical battle for Islamic State-held Mosul — a dire statistic raising concerns that a million more could be displaced from in and around Iraq’s second-largest city as the operation moves forward. Iraq’s

MANCHESTER, England — World-record signing Paul Pogba will not be available for Manchester United’s first game of the Premier League season as he is serving a ban carried over from his time at Juventus. England’s Football Association said Friday that Pogba collected a one-match ban after being booked twice in the Coppa Italia at the

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Latest on a deadly explosion and apartment fire in Maryland (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Crews have removed two bodies from the scene of a deadly explosion and apartment fire outside the nation’s capital. Battalion Chief Dan Ogren says the bodies of two people were removed from the building Thursday

NEW ORLEANS — Heavy rain and street flooding in southeast Louisiana prompted the rescue of residents from their homes and the cancellation of classes in five school districts, authorities said Friday. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said authorities rescued 72 people and seven pets stranded by high water. Shelters have been opened in the town

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of former soccer star and legislator Hakan Sukur over his links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, accused by Turkey of masterminding last month’s failed coup, media reports said Friday. Meanwhile, Turkey’s foreign minister told reporters that 32 Turkish diplomats who were called back

WASHINGTON — D.C. Police say two men are facing second-degree murder charges in the slayings of their fathers in separate cases. Media outlets report an arrest affidavit says 71-year-old Dr. Harrison Spencer was found dead from multiple stab wounds in his home Wednesday evening. Thirty-two-year-old Peter Michael Spencer called 911 saying he had killed his